I had a curiosity about what a number of different parts of the various useragent’s I’ve run across meant, so I built a site to help me break them down and examine them. Site runs on Ruby on Rails and MySQL

Google Pagerank Lookup tool: http://nfriedly.com/pagerank/

There are dozens of tools out there that do this, and they almost universally either suck or don’t work. (Or both.) So I decided to build a better one. The tool will check up to 10 different sites at a time, gives both graphical and textual outputs of the PR, and remembers your recent lookups for quick comparison.

New Anti-filter web proxys

I also set up a free ssl web proxy, three of them actually: PHProxy (poxy), PHPr0xi, and A2. I’m planning on leaving all three run for a while and then sticking with whichever one seems to be working best.

These are intended to help freedom of speech in countries with oppressive governments. (And let kids in school access resources like The Canadian National History Society’s online magazine, or information about Melville’s book Moby Dick. I even saw google.com blocked at a school once. Yes, really.)

nFriedly Arcade

This one is just something I set up on a whim – it’s a nifty little collection of flash games and time wasters. Enjoy :)

(Don’t forget the Air Force game I’ve had online for years ;)

DY428: $25 off at signup

NFREG: A second free domain name for life, included with hosting. (This one’s a better deal in the long run.)

Leave a comment below – I may be able to get you an even better deal if you are looking for something specific.

• LegalCorruption.org
• Desire2Succeed.org
• ScrewBeingSingle.com
• Pirana0.com
• CentervilleCarWashDetail.com
• CentervilleCarWashOnline.com
• 1MoreRound4Britt.org
• NVMDayton.org
• bbTeesMore.com
• ISAP-INT.com

Admittedly, some of them are junk, but I think someone might find the first few useful, and hey, one man’s trash is another mans treasure, so who knows..

I’d also be willing to part with misticflame.com if someone really wants it…

I’ve noticed that several sites block the mailinator.com service, so I set up the dns for misticflame.com to point to mailinator for email. This means that if you send an email to anyaddress@misticflame.com, the email will appear in the inbox for anyaddress@mailinator.com.

Long Version:

If you’ve never heard of mailinator.com, it’s an awesome throwaway email service. When some business asks you to signup with with “a real email” and they send you an activation link to prove the email is real, what you do is give them a mailinator.com address instead of your own. Then you login to that address at mailinator.com (there’s no password) and click the link. After that you use the website without worrying about being spammed.

A few websites have caught on to this and started blocking mailinator.com email addresses. This is where my trick comes into play. I set the DNS for misticflame.com to send all website traffic to my web server, but send all email traffic to mailinator’s server. But the other sites can’t (easily) tell this.

So if you give them a misticflame.com address, you’re actually giving them a mailinator.com address, but they don’t know it ;)

Made in Heaven

God made marriage for the believers.

A marriage where…

God is first
The Word lives
Christ leads and intercedes
Commitment unites
Love binds
Kindness thrives
Trust grows
Faithfulness abides
You want to come home
Touch is healing
Both seek to bless
Comfort is found
Courage is given
Peace keeps the heart
Truth endures
Joy bubbles
Patience abides
Hope brightens
Gentleness soothes
Compassion compels
The minds are renewing
Forgiveness abounds
Pain is eased away
Cares turn to prayers
Light hearts laugh
Leaning is allowed
God provides
Miracles are everyday normal

… is a marriage made in heaven.

By Marte Haggerty February 2007

A member of a certain church, who previously had been attending Services regularly, stopped going.

After a few weeks, the preacher decided to visit him.

It was a chilly evening. The preacher found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire. Guessing the
reason for his preachers visit, the man welcomed him, led him to a comfortable chair near the fireplace and waited.

The preacher made himself at home but said nothing. In the grave silence, he contemplated the dance of the flames
around the burning logs . After some minutes, the preacher took the fire tongs, carefully picked up a brightly burning ember and placed it to one side of the hearth all alone then he sat back in his chair, still silent .

The host watched all this in quiet contemplation. As the one lone embers’ flame flickered and diminished, there was a momentary glow and then its fire was no more. Soon it was cold and dead. Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting.

The preacher glanced at his watch and realized it was time to leave. He slowly stood up, picked up the cold, dead ember and placed it back in the middle of the fire. Immediately it began to glow, once more with the light and warmth of the burning coals around it.

As the preacher reached the door to leave, his host said with a tear running down his cheek, ‘Thank you so much for your visit and especially for the fiery sermon. I shall be back in church next Sunday.’

We live in a world today, which tries to say too much with too little.

Consequently, few listen.

Sometimes the best sermons are the ones left unspoken.

‘One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me’ said one boy.. Several dropped and rolled down toward the fence.

Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard, ‘One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me..’

He just knew what it was.. He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along.

‘Come here quick,’ said the boy, ‘you won’t believe what I heard! Satan and the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls.’

The man said, ‘Beat it kid, can’t you see it’s hard for me to walk.’ When the boy insisted though, the man hobbled slowly to the cemetery.

Standing by the fence they heard , ‘One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me.’

The old man whispered, ‘Boy, you’ve been tellin’ me  the truth. Let’s see if we can see the Lord.’

Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of the Lord.

At last they heard, ‘One for you, one for me. That’s all.. Now let’s go get those nuts by the fence and we’ll be done.’

They say the old man made it back to town a full 5 minutes ahead of the kid on the bike.

Three New Navy Ships

USS REAGAN

Seeing it next to the Arizona Memorial really puts its size into perspective…… ENORMOUS!

When the Bridge pipes ‘Man the Rail’ there is a lot of rail to man on this monster: shoulder to shoulder, around 4..5 acres. Her displacement is about 100,000 tons with full complement.

Capability

Top speed exceeds 30 knots, powered by two nuclear reactors
that can operate for more than 20 years without refueling

1. Expected to operate in the fleet for about 50 years
2. Carries over 80 combat aircraft
3. Three arresting cables can stop a 28-ton aircraft going 150 miles per hour in less than 400 feet

Size

1. Towers 20 stories above the waterline
2. 1092 feet long; nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall
3. Flight deck covers 4.5 acres
4. 4 bronze propellers, each 21 feet across, weighing 66,200  pounds
5. 2 rudders, each 29 by 22 feet and weighing 50 tons
6. 4 high speed aircraft elevators, each over 4,000 square feet

Capacity

1. Home to about 6,000 Navy personnel;
2. Carries enough food and supplies to operate for 90 days
3. 18,150 meals served daily;
4. Distillation plants provide 400,000 gallons of fresh  water from sea water daily, enough for 2,000 homes
5. Nearly 30,000 light fixtures and 1,325 miles of cable and wiring 1,400 telephones
6. 14,000 pillowcases and 28,000 sheets
7. Costs the Navy approximately $250,000 per day for pier side operation
8. Costs the Navy approximately $25 million per day for underway operations (Sailor’s salaries included).

USS BILL CLINTON

The USS William Jefferson Clinton (CVS1) set sail today from its home port of Vancouver , BC .

The ship is the first of its kind in the Navy and is a standing legacy to President Bill Clinton ‘for his foresight in military budget cuts and his conduct while holding the (formerly dignified) office of President.

The ship is constructed nearly entirely from recycled aluminum and is completely solar powered with a top speed of 5 knots.

It boasts an arsenal comprised of one (unarmed) F14 Tom cat or one (unarmed) F18 Hornet aircraft which, although they cannot be launched on the 100 foot flight deck, form a very menacing presence.

As a standing order there are no firearms allowed on board.

This crew, like the crew aboard the USS Jimmy Carter, is specially trained to avoid conflicts and appease any and all enemies of the United States at all costs.

An onboard Type One DNC Universal Translator can send out messages of apology in any language to anyone who may find America offensive. The number of apologies are limitless and though some may seem hollow and disingenuous, the Navy advises all apologies will sound very sincere.

In times of conflict, the USS Clinton has orders to seek refuge in Canada .

USS  BARACK OBAMA

Don’t ask.

[Found in an email from Rick Rohl]